Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Peat-free substrates lose 90% of nitrogen - significantly reducing nutrient retention. In peat-free formulas, more than half of the nitrogen in this fertiliser is lost after the first watering and, by the sixth watering, nitrogen retention rates are down to 10%. This is a category-level issue, not
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com Innovation day highlights advanced automation and future pathways for Irish growers A Mushroom Innovation Day, hosted by Teagasc Horticulture Development Department, took place on Wednesday, 6 May at the Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. It brought together growers, researchers, and technology providers to explore the future of
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com Saudi grower announces greenhouse expansion mega-project Saudi grower Dava Agricultural has announced the expansion of its controlled-environment production with two projects currently under development, including the Taif mega-project, which extends over 350 hectares of glass greenhouses. Wissam Abdul Samad, Deputy CEO of Dava Agricultural, states, "In
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Joris Mulders, a cultivation adviser at Delphy in the Netherlands, has been observing a rise in the bacterial disease among growers and is helping them manage the consequences of the excessive root growth. Mulders suspects that something went wrong at propagator level, allowing the harmful bacterium Agrobacterium
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com The company, which recently launched its Harvester robot for tomato greenhouses, believes fully autonomous operation is essential to solving the structural labour shortages facing protected horticulture. "Our ambition is getting to a fully automated greenhouse where crop work is done by robots, while human labour is
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 Thanks! Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 The 2026 Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF) Conference brought together growers, industry leaders and supply chain partners from across Australia for three days of connection, practical insights and discussion
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com 200th HydraFiber Processing Unit installed at Pettiti Family Farms Thanks! Substrate HydraFiber combines wood and bark and refines them in a pressurized vessel to create an approximately 98% porous fiber substrate with extremely low bulk density that can be blended with for example peat. An important feature
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Italy: Greenhouses and photovoltaics, from Sicily the new model for green agriculture Thanks! The first agri-voltaic plant in Italy based on Serra Archimede® technology, built by Bee srl and designed by the Regran Group and financed by Banca Agricola Popolare di Sicilia with a 1.1 million
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com Uzbekistan: Creating a new system for growing and selling fruits In the Quva district of Uzbekistan, the long-standing traditional methods of seedling cultivation are now merging with modern agricultural technologies. The "Quva Agrostar" enterprise operating in the district has established a system for growing disease-resistant,
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com The company supplies the convention centre with salad greens, edible flowers, and a rotating selection of microgreens under its Valléa Farm & Co. Deliveries run twice a week, with the harvest schedule coordinated directly with the MTCC culinary team around its event calendar. "The short answer
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com In its experience center, a wide range of tomato and cucumber varieties are grown under the same conditions, enabling growers to evaluate differences in growth, yield and plant behavior. To better organize and interpret this data, De Ruiter selected LetsGrow.com as its greenhouse data platform. Because
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Creating more precise lighting controls for greenhouse growers Thanks! Connext 916 goes a step further and gives you the opportunity to shape the full spectrum, color by color, at the right moment, exactly to the crop needs," said René Hofman, Product Manager Connext. © Priva BV Consistent